Improved butter-mold



0. ALLEN.

BUTTER MOLD. .Y

l `Patented Feb.14, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER ALLEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVED BUTTER-MOLD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46.319, dated February14,1865.

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e it known that LOLWEI;` ALLEN, of San' Francisco, in the. county of SanFrancisco and and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedButter-Mold 5 and l do hereby declare that the following' is a. full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same reference being` had to theacc0mpanying,` drawings, forming part of 'this specification, in which-'shown of two seinieircnlar pieces, I), of hard wood, whose edges arebrought together at i. 'l'he said edges are made suiiieiently sharp orthinto enable them to pass easily through the butter, and their outerparts,j, are rounded oit' or otherwise so shaped as that the mold willeasily clear itselfof the butter left outside ot' it.

The mold here shown is made so as to form a roll77 ot' butter; but it isevident that it may be made of' any other form-' to wit, it may be'oblong` or ellipticaliu cross-section, or square or iiat.. The ends ofthe mold here shown are cut oli' at g in parallel lines.

B B are tongs hinged at C, their longer arms, h h, forming handles bywhich the)1 are operated, and their shorter arms being formed at theirends into plates ,f f, which are at i taehed to the backs of the semicircular pieces D D by screws or any1 other proper way. The,

contour of the shorterarms of the tongs is to be such and the halves ofthe mold are to be so fixed to them as will bring both the edges ofthemold together at the same moment.

The mold is operated' by opening the handles h, placing the halves Dabout a piece of butter or seizing it therewith, and then bringing thehandles together, when the mold will iuclose a' quantity of butter whichwill be conformed to its shape. The ends ofthe piece of butter whichprotrude beyond the sides g are then removed by means ot' a knit'e otwood or of other suitable' material.

Having thus described nl v invention, I claim and desire `to secure byLetters Patent as a new and improved article of manufacturey' Abutter-mold eonstruetedand operating substantially in the manner hereinshown and described.

OLIVER ALLEN. Witnesses:

EUG-ENE B. BRAKE, F. A. GUSHEE.

